Laws Concerning Slavery

Slavery in the Bible:

• Pitfalls to avoid
• The laws on slavery
  -- Hebrews were not normally meant to be a slave
  -- Three ways they could become a slave
  -- 1. Restitution for crime (Exo. 22:3)
  -- 2. Selling themselves into slavery via debt/voluntary (Deut. 15:12-15; Exo. 21:5-6)
  -- 3. Concubine (Exo. 21:7-10; Lev. 19:20-21)

Application:

• We have hardness in our hearts as well
• Israel, as a redeemed people, is a type of the church
• We were former slaves to sin
• We are to have pity and compassion towards our fellow sinner
• The gospel liberates